contractor is a move that we're seeing where i just have to throw the send with you know general stanley mcchrystal who was the u.s. nato commander of afghanistan now siemens has hired him to their board of directors to oversee their federal procurement area because they want to ramp up their government u.s. government contracts where they want to have more guns maybe it's more the german company bringing on the crystal i don't know if you guys have any any take on that revolving door i mean it's the same thing is what i'm talking about i mean that's exactly what i mean these guys there's no there's no there's not even a revolving door it's like a platform they just hang out and they are all on the same it's only the revolving around that is they're ok all right we're also going to do a better job than people that have been in the military i don't know but speaking of lucrative. contracts some of them big athletes need to compete for them even to see the olympics in two thousand and twelve here's a little clue. i mean you know all the opportunity of a lifetime looking for a sponsor for the first ja

and i have a code in the books and general stanley mcchrystal, who was the general in charge of the specialorces troops that i write about and who was also the general in charge of afghanistan until he resigned over some remarks he made to the "rolling stone" magazine. he is the person -- he's the brains behind creating the military force that was able to kill more al qaeda and more terrorists around the world certainly than the cia, more than any other units. and even he says that the strikes can be counterproductive and have been good because every time you killed the wrong person, every time you destroy a home or village, you created blowback for yourself to live on for generations. it is not antiseptic and the strikes. another hand i estimate they have really diminished the ranks of al qaeda. now the law of war just quickly, you know, there are some who argue that we're extending the battlefield back to the united states because these drones are operated from the united states. and you know, and allowed for it might be a legitimate target if you you're going after anatomy to strike the

in fact, general mcchrystal who lost his job because of a press flap and it was a great loss for thisntry, i think, a man by the name of henry hankcrumb who had seen the war coming in afghanistan, saw the threat of al qaeda and the taliban early on and led the successful effort to drive the al qaeda out of afghanistan in the early stages unfortunately they didn't have the kind of prominence that we probably should have allowed them to continue on the way through. nobody ever believed that afghanistan could be brought to heel. we have 2,000 years of history. i guess merchant is almost too long but a man who is a shop keeper in a very remote part of afghanistan, i was there with the special forces embedded with him for a week and we went into that village and when the americans turned away, i got them to go back to the merchant and said to him, what do you think about their presence and they were determined to have him believe in the afghan security forces and telling people what to do and probably pretty close. >> i think you're right. the love of at least five good women has been the

general mcchrystal worked very hard and general petraeus very hard with the pakistan military to set up just that kind of command and control center that would mitigate and prevent those kinds o incidents from happening. but you know, the pakistani army sometimes does it, sometimes doesn't and it's hot andold and you never really know, you really never know but they're not,they just haven't completely bought into what it is we're offering. i don't know what more you can do to convince me to be honest with you. >> charlie: certainly tried. >> certainly tried. >> charlie: let me just say this quickly. one of the -- brothers was and he said to me that their objectivwith respect to nuclear is to have the same options that japan had. now the conventional wisdom is at japan has the nuclear capacity to have nuclear weapons quickly, in a small amount of time if in fact they should decide it was in their interest to do that. is that your judgment that they n't want to actually bld a mb right now, the iranians but they want to have the ability to do it. is that their goal do you think? >> i do

in fact, general mcchrystal who lost his job because of a press flap and great loss for this country, i think, henry hank crumb who had seen the war coming in afghanistan saw the threat of al qaeda and the taliban early on and led the successful effort to drive the taliban and al qaeda out of afghanistan in the early stages. unfortunately, they didn't have the kind of prominence that we should have allowed them to continue on the way through. no one ever believed that afghanistan could be brought to heel. i mean we have 2,000 years of history to look at. i've been all over that country. i had a, i guess, man who is a little shopkeeper, a very remote part of afghanistan. i was there with the special forces, embedded with them for a week. we went into that village and when the americans turned away, i got my interpreter to go back to the merchant and i said to him, what do you think about their presence and they were determined to have him believe in the afghan security force that would be good for his village and he looked at me and them and he said we don't need more people with guns

the way general stan mcchrystal and the intelligence community worked the system to learn to work togetherd hunt terrorists from hiding spot to the next hiding spot to the next hiding spot, sometimes in a single night, that science is now being used to catch -- hey, it tracked down osama bin laden. it's the way they got anwar al awlaki. so you have to say not was it worth going in but what did we make of what many people now say was a mistake? >> let's take a look at these statistics from a cbs poll last month. it asked whether the outcome of the war was worth the cost in lives and treasure. a strong majority said no, it was not worth it. look at those numbers. bob, i do remember the polling in the beginning of the war, and it was never for a hawkish position. my question to you is philosophical. i've always taken pride that this country was not an aggressive country. we don't start wars. we defend ourselves. the department of the defense is just that. an institution to defend this country. not in an isolationist way. a thoughtful way. but we're not an aggressive power. this war always loo

the way general stan mcchrystal and the intelligence community worked the system to learn, work together terrorists from hiding spot to the next hiding spot to the next hiding spot, sometime in a single night, that science is now being used to catch, hey, track down osama bin laden. it's where they call anwar. not was it worth going in but what did we make of what many say was a mistake. >> let's look at these statistics from a cbs poll last month. whether the outcome of the war was worth the loss of life and other costs. look at those numbers. bob, i remember the polling at the beginning of the war and it was never for a hawkish position. my question to you is philosophical. i've always taken pride that this country was not an aggressive country. the department of defense is just that, an institution to defend this country, not in an isolationist way but in a thoughtful way. this war always looked like to me an invasion of another country that never attacked us, using our force, forcing the people to do what we wanted them to do for many years. i considered aggressive action. the americ

that petraeus' fist act as leader of the campaign after the forced resignation of general stanley mcchrystalif civilians were nearby. author bob woodward quoting petraeus criticizing the white house in very raw language telling his inner circle after a glass of wine, quoting now, the administration was -- expletive -- with the wrong guy. later expressed his displeasure to all of them, meaning the white house, for braying his confidence, but he knew he was ultimately responsible for making that remark. the book also suggests that one men to have encouraged him to live up to the growing mythology that the troops built up around petraeus. you become part of the legend. gregg: doug mckelway, thanks very much. patti ann: fox news alert, brand new polls out now showing the biggest lead any republican candidate has posted against president obama. according to rasmussen reports, mitt romney now beats mr. obama by 6% in a head-to-head matchup 45 to 39%. pollster cat rasmussen -- scott rasmussen joins us now. thank you for being with us. >> patti ann, it's great to be with you. i do think you have to